Monday I started week 3 of my #ProjectBeastBody journey, which is also the last week for phase 1, Build. I still haven't seen much of a change on the scale, but as I mentioned last week, my non-scale victories are still going strong and that's helping to keep me motivated. I have increased all of my weights on just about every workout now so I am getting stronger. I may need to move these workouts into the fitness center soon to have access to more weights. Clothes are still fitting better than they had been fitting and I am starting to see more definition in certain places. Today I had a personal victory in that I was able to do some Plyo Push-ups only semi-modified today, meaning I was still on my knees, but actually able to get a little height out of my push-up. For leg day, I started using weights for my Bulgarian squats and alternating lunges. And that cardio workout only kills me a little bit now, haha! It feels great to see that I am already having improvement in such a short amount of time. I am doing a little better in my eating as well and am going to start making a more concerted effort to limit my alcohol intake. Not that I drink a lot, but on the weekends the vino definitely calls my name. Next week I start phase 2, Bulk, which will last for 5 weeks. This is where it could get tricky because it is the same workout every week. Even though the Build phase was made up of the same workouts, my rest day always fell on a different day so it didn't feel as repetitive. Whenever I did P90X, I would hit a wall because of boredom. BUT, I do believe that Body Beast is one of my soul mate workout programs and I have a big goal with trying to land a spot in that next infomercial so I will push through it. I really do love this program. I feel so much better after I do the workouts and I actually miss it on my rest days. Hopefully the weather will continue to be nice on the weekends so I can get some outdoor moderate cardio in as well. Because of the contest, I am not allowed to do any other programs so I'm kind of missing my PiYo for an added bonus workout, but that's okay. Like I said, the end goal is too great to mess up. I plan on doing my measurements again this weekend to see how I've progressed so far and I will need to recalculate my calories for the next phase as well. Everything is still just swimming along perfectly and I really couldn't be more in love with a program. I was a girl that would have never thought she'd love lifting weights. I was telling my dad this weekend that I've come a long way from the chunky girl 10 years ago that couldn't even lift herself onto the tube when we used to go out on the lake. It was pathetic. Now, I can't wait for my after picture! Thank you Body Beast!
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| A little Flex Friday action from last week. Slowly there is some definition showing up there. |
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